Gelashe Surname
Approximately 1,611 people bear this surname
Gelashe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,610 | 1:60,588 | 6,165 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gelashe (2,544) may also be a first name.
Gelashe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gelashe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gelashe is more frequently found in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gelashe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 246,797th most frequent surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 4,523,616 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gelashe live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Gelashe is also the 146,138th most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 2,544 people.
It is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 1,610 people, or 1 in 60,588. Besides Ethiopia this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gelashe
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